Town of Niagara Police Blotter for Nov. 17, 2011

The following is a
sampling of calls received by the Town of Niagara Police between Oct. 26 and
Nov. 4.

Wednesday,
Oct. 26

•Military Road, accident.
A driver of a red Plymouth Voyager was involved in an accident and found to
have a revoked license for failure to appear in court.

•2400 block of Military
Road, EMS. A 21-year-old male injured his leg on basketball court. Rural Metro
Ambulance and Niagara Active Hose Volunteer Fire Co. were on the scene.

Friday,
Oct. 28

•2100 block of Main St.,
Niagara Falls, aid assist. Patrol assisted Niagara Falls Police with a large
fight at a bar.

•2500 block of Military
Road, larceny. Business reported a man put a $179 vacuum cleaner and another
item in a shopping cart, exited the store at an emergency side entrance, then
fled in a gray Ford Expedition.

•2600 block of Military
Road, drugs. Patrol stopped a driver for talking on a cell phone, then arrested
the 24-year-old Bellreng Drive man for being in possession of a large quantity
of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia.

•6700 block of Packard
Road, attempt to locate. Patrol checked on a report of an elderly male walking
on Packard Road wearing a robe and slippers.

•Lockport Road at
Petroleum Street, juvenile problem. Patrol checked on a report of juvenile
females running in and out of the roadway attempting to hitchhike. On patrol's
arrival, youths fled.

Saturday,
Oct. 29

•4700 block of Creekside
Parkway, burglary. Complainant said someone entered her garage sometime since
Aug. 3 and took $5,000 worth of building supplies.

•2400 block of Military
Road, larceny. Contractor reported that while he was on the other side of the
building, someone stole $1,000 worth of paint.

•Porter and Packard Road,
driving while intoxicated. A 55-year-old Baer Road woman was arrested for DWI
after being involved in an accident.

•4700 block of Tuscarora
Road, loud party. Patrol responded to a loud party complaint. Occupants were
having a Halloween party.

•Tuscarora Road at Porter
Road, DWI. A 42-year-old Depew woman was arrested for DWI after a pedestrian
flagged down patrol and reported a driver driving very slowly and appearing to
be slumped over the wheel.

•Licata Drive,
harassment. Father reported his daughter has been getting harassed on the
school bus.

Monday,
Oct. 31

•Panama Street at Rhode
Island Avenue, check situation. Patrol checked the area for an individual
throwing bananas at a vehicle.

•Porter and Packard road,
reckless driving. Motorcyclist was seen accelerating at a high rate of speed,
doing a wheelie, then falling off his bike.

•Military Road, near
Isherwood Drive, traffic stop. Patrol observed a southbound vehicle pass
illegally in the center lane. Driver said he was in a hurry to get home because
he had diarrhea.

Tuesday,
Nov. 1

•2500 block of Military
Road, larceny. Business loss prevention officer reported he has been watching
an employee of an outside contractor over the last several months who has been
caught on surveillance video taking store merchandise.

•7100 block of Lockport
Road, bad check. Hyde Park Boulevard resident came to police station to
complain that a 42-year-old Crestview Drive man had issued him five bad checks.

•3200 block of Parkside
Drive, attempt to locate. Patrol spoke with the parents of a man who reported
that their son called and said he was in trouble, had been beaten up and was
unsure of where he was. Niagara County Sheriff's Office and Buffalo Police
notified.

•3100 block of Dell
Drive, EMS. Assisted with an 86-year-old man who had fallen.

•4800 block of Witmer
Road, fire. Patrol noticed heavy black smoke coming from junkyard where a car
was on fire and called Niagara Active Hose to the scene.

•Packard Road, traffic
tickets. Driver ticketed for passing a school bus. Another driver ticketed for
talking on a cell phone while driving.

•2700 block of Service
Road, local law violation. Two people issued appearance tickets for building
code violations.

•7500 block of St. Joseph
Road, check situation. Caller reported a 3-year-old child left alone. Patrol
spoke with parents who said the child was left with their 15-year-old son while
they were away for 15 minutes.

•2400 block of Military
Road, check situation. Complainant said an elderly male driver pulled out in
front of him, causing him to slam on his brakes, which caused neck pain for his
passenger. Woman with elderly male said she allowed him to drive her vehicle so
he could get the feel of driving again after recovering from a stroke and did
not feel he was driving badly.